At least 15 inmates who tried to escape from Mogadishu prison have lost their lives in clashes with prison guards. About four probation officers were also killed in the fighting in Mogadishu’s central prison. According to VOA, Mubarak Ibrahim Idle, an al-Shabaab member who escaped, was sentenced in 2014 to 10 years in prison. Mubarak

Jawahir Roble wants to go to the top (Handout) The UK’s first female Muslim referee has set her sights on officiating in the Premier League. Jawahir Roble, 26, moved with her parents to Britain at the age of 10 to escape the civil war raging in Somalia. Leaving her home country, and all her friends,

Wadajir party chairman Abdirahman Abdishakur said the attack on Mogadishu’s central prison was a plot by the security services. Abdirahman Abdishakur says the security services of supplying weapons to al-Shabaab detainees in an attempt to free members of al-Shabaab. “People should not be confused. This was a plan that was worked out, But I do

Photo/Somali Times Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Government of Somalia, Ahmed Isse Awad has made a series of appointments at a time when his government has been discredited, pending the formation of a new one. Minister Awad has appointed eight members, including first, second and second secretaries, as well as ambassadors to

Photo/Somali Times Security forces among casualties, officials say At least 11 people, including security forces and Somali-based al-Qaeda affiliated group al-Shabaab fighters, were killed, while several others wounded in a gun battle inside the central prison in the capital Mogadishu on Monday, officials told Anadolu Agency. The fighting between security forces and al-Shabaab militants began

This photo provided by the French Defense Ministry shows oil leaking from the MV Wakashio, a bulk carrier ship that recently ran aground off the southeast coast of Mauritius, on Sunday. (EMAE via AP) By Greg Norman Fuel is leaking out of the Japanese ship MV Wakashio Environmentalists in Mauritius, an island country in the

Turkish Naval Forces’s ship, is seen docked in Istanbul, Turkey on 5 October, 2018 [Muhammed Enes Yıldırım/Anadolu Agency] Turkey dispatched a vessel to conduct a seismic survey in a disputed area in the eastern Mediterranean, a move which Greece said was illegal and is likely to heighten tensions between the two NATO allies. The advisory

7 prison guards in Mogadishu’s Central Jail are feared dead after an inmate allegedly snatched a weapon from the guards and fired indiscriminately. Somali officials said the inmate, alleged to be an Al-Shabaab convicts snatched the gun from the guards and went on a firing spree. It is feared there are ‘several’ casualties as a

Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai, right, who founded local newspaper Apple Daily, is arrested by police officers at his home in Hong Kong, Monday, Aug. 10, 2020. Lai was arrested Monday on suspicion of collusion with foreign powers, his aide said, in the highest-profile use yet of the new national security law Beijing imposed

Turkey has sent medical aid to over 150 countries and six international organizations, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday. The value of our health investments is better noticed now in the pandemic process,” said Erdogan, speaking at the opening ceremony of health and research centers in Kocaeli University, in Turkey’s northwestern Kocaeli province.